Dirty Dancing
1987 · 100 min · Director: Emile Ardolino
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In 1963, Frances "Baby" Houseman, a sweet daddy's girl, goes with her family to a resort in upstate New York's Catskill Mountains. Baby has grown up in privileged surroundings and all expect her to go on to college, join the Peace Corps and save the world before marrying a doctor, just like her father. Unexpectedly, Baby becomes infatuated with the camp's dance instructor, Johnny Castle, a man whose background is vastly different from her own. Baby lies to her father to get money to pay for an illegal abortion for Johnny's dance partner. She then fills in as Johnny's dance partner and it is as he is teaching her the dance routine that they fall in love. It all comes apart when Johnny's friend falls seriously ill after her abortion and Baby gets her father, who saves the girl's life. He then learns what Baby has been up to, who with and worse, that he funded the illegal abortion. He bans his daughter from any further association with "those people". In the first deliberately willful action of her life, Baby later sneaks out to see Johnny, ostensibly to apologize for her father's rudeness, and ends up consummating her relationship with Johnny. A jealous fellow vacationer sees Baby sneaking out of Johnny's bungalow the next morning, and in an act of retribution, tells management that he is responsible for a theft the evening before, knowing he would not furnish his real whereabouts.
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Dirty Dancing (1987) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Love 35%, Excitement 25%, Humor 15%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure
- Love35%
- Excitement25%
- Humor15%
- Anxiety15%
- Relief10%
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The strongest emotional signals are Love, Excitement, Humor. Genres: Drama, Romance, Music. AI estimate.
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Consider this title if you are looking for Love, Excitement and Humor. Its IMDb rating of 7.1/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 72/100.
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Emotional journey
- Joy
- Empathy
- Love
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Dominant emotion: Joy
Dominant emotion: Empathy
Dominant emotion: Tension
Dominant emotion: Love
Dominant emotion: Sadness
Dominant emotion
| % | Approximate minute | Dominant emotion | Overall intensity | Joy | Empathy | Love |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.5 % | ≈ 3′ | Joy | 31 % | 25 % | 12 % | 12 % |
| 7.5 % | ≈ 8′ | Joy | 32 % | 26 % | 11 % | 8 % |
| 12.5 % | ≈ 13′ | Joy | 35 % | 28 % | 10 % | 10 % |
| 17.5 % | ≈ 18′ | Joy | 37 % | 30 % | 14 % | 16 % |
| 22.5 % | ≈ 23′ | Joy | 41 % | 23 % | 27 % | 16 % |
| 27.5 % | ≈ 28′ | Empathy | 48 % | 14 % | 39 % | 15 % |
| 32.5 % | ≈ 33′ | Tension | 42 % | 14 % | 32 % | 13 % |
| 37.5 % | ≈ 38′ | Joy | 35 % | 21 % | 20 % | 14 % |
| 42.5 % | ≈ 43′ | Joy | 42 % | 26 % | 20 % | 17 % |
| 47.5 % | ≈ 48′ | Tension | 57 % | 21 % | 37 % | 16 % |
| 52.5 % | ≈ 53′ | Empathy | 70 % | 13 % | 58 % | 25 % |
| 57.5 % | ≈ 58′ | Empathy | 64 % | 15 % | 56 % | 38 % |
| 62.5 % | ≈ 63′ | Love | 49 % | 17 % | 40 % | 37 % |
| 67.5 % | ≈ 68′ | Love | 47 % | 12 % | 35 % | 30 % |
| 72.5 % | ≈ 73′ | Tension | 55 % | 7 % | 37 % | 26 % |
| 77.5 % | ≈ 78′ | Tension | 67 % | 5 % | 50 % | 34 % |
| 82.5 % | ≈ 83′ | Sadness | 68 % | 11 % | 57 % | 44 % |
| 87.5 % | ≈ 88′ | Love | 60 % | 29 % | 51 % | 40 % |
| 92.5 % | ≈ 93′ | Joy | 63 % | 49 % | 41 % | 40 % |
| 97.5 % | ≈ 98′ | Joy | 68 % | 60 % | 26 % | 48 % |
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Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.
Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.
Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.
Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.
Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.
Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.
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Cast
Penny Johnson
Lisa Houseman
Neil Kellerman
Robbie Gould
Tito Suarez
Magician
Mr. Schumacher
Vivian Pressman
Bus Boy
Dirty Dancer
Details
- Directed by
- Emile Ardolino
- Written by
- Eleanor Bergstein
- Type
- Movies
- Released
- 1987
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Country
- United States
- Ratings
- Feels mostly
- Love
- Data updated
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